Poll: most disappointing Mariners prospect

[GL_Storm]

The main frustration with White of course being the money he's getting paid. Montero was touted as the next great Yankee slugger or some such nonsense that only seems to work on Mariner GMs. And Smoak was highly regarded in the Rangers organization, why i don't know.

The sucky thing is that anyone that followed prospects knew Montero wasn't going to catch and there were doubts his bat would play at the ML level.

[GL_Storm]

Al Chambers was pretty disappointing, how's that for recency bias

I started following the Mariners in the early 80's and don't remember him. I'm sure i forgot some other guys though. How about that 6'10" pitcher that was being touted as another Randy Johnson then got injured and never did anything.

Ryan Anderson is now 42 yo 19th pick of the 1997 draft. Never made it.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... ders003rya

I went to Tacoma several times to watch him pitch and he was absolutely dominant. It's really too bad.

[Captain 97]

The main frustration with White of course being the money he's getting paid. Montero was touted as the next great Yankee slugger or some such nonsense that only seems to work on Mariner GMs. And Smoak was highly regarded in the Rangers organization, why i don't know.

The sucky thing is that anyone that followed prospects knew Montero wasn't going to catch and there were doubts his bat would play at the ML level.

That's just not true. It was pretty much unanimous that Montero was going to be able to hit.

[D-train]

Here are some nicknames i came up with in my not-so-valuable (apparently) spare time...

Just Smoakin' dope
Dustbin Hackley
Stay-loose Mon Frère-o
Effin' Blight
J'Airhead Kelenic

Come on could have done something with Kelenic. Kanthitalic?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

I tried but all i could come up with was Colonic.

J'airhead Kant-hit-a-lic it is then.

[ice99]

Here are some nicknames i came up with in my not-so-valuable (apparently) spare time...

Just Smoakin' dope
Dustbin Hackley
Stay-loose Mon Frère-o
Effin' Blight
J'Airhead Kelenic

Come on could have done something with Kelenic. Kanthitalic?

Karen-ic

[roosevelt]

The Amazing M's have sure had their failures. Wonder how they compare against other teams?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

No Jeremy Reed? What about the Clement kid that was supposed to be a middle of the order bat at Catcher?

Was Reed a highly regarded prospect? Don't remember much about him. Clement is one of several catchers including Zunino and another guy i forgot from about 12 years ago.

[GL_Storm]

The Amazing M's have sure had their failures. Wonder how they compare against other teams?

They do seem to be pretty bad. But you're right that it's not as clear how good or bad they are vs. other teams. I've thought about building a database in excel and crunching the numbers but haven't done it yet. I should though. I think I could do it in a few hours probably.

[Donn Beach]

The main frustration with White of course being the money he's getting paid. Montero was touted as the next great Yankee slugger or some such nonsense that only seems to work on Mariner GMs. And Smoak was highly regarded in the Rangers organization, why i don't know.

The sucky thing is that anyone that followed prospects knew Montero wasn't going to catch and there were doubts his bat would play at the ML level.

Doubts about his bat? He was compared to Migel Cabrera